The Haye vs. Maccarinelli fight was damn near even money last year. In fact I believe it opened as even and Haye ended as a slight favorite.
So if British fans didn't even clearly favor him to beat a bum like Enzo where the hell do they get off giving him more than a 1 in 50 shot against Klitschko?
And if I remembered correctly brits were split on the calzaghe/lacy fight but favored Lacy slightly.
Moot point but im pretty certaim Joe was a slight favourite here.
The real point is that the bookies arent great for boxing, Pavlik was an overwhelming favourite against Hopkins too which looks stupid now but at the time.....not as much.
At the time, Enzo was considered a top 3 cruiserweight and people gave him a shot based on his power and Hayes chin. Personally, I didnt.
Macca hasn't beaten anybody with a pulse. He's a pathetic glass chinned bum. He suffered his 3rd KO loss a few weeks ago to some feather fisted unknown African. The unknown African came into the fight with only 5 KO's on his record, he 1 punch KO'd Macca. :rofl:
Haye's resume is a very weak. Old, past his prime Mormeck in the only good win on his resume.
Enzo was well known to the general public due to who he trained with. Haye, even though he was a champion, was an unknown. that affects betting odds. Besides, both Haye and Enzo are big hitters with dodgy chins, whoever landed first was gonna win it. easy to see why it was a 50-50 fight in the bookies
Yanks had Lacy as an overwhelming favourite over Calzaghe. :lol1:
And if I remembered correctly brits were split on the calzaghe/lacy fight but favored Lacy slightly.
From 50-50 with the 10th best cruiserweight in the world?
To 50-50 with the #1 Heavyweight in the world?
That's incredibly terrible thinking, even by NSB standards.
he's not 50-50 according to the betting sites, but the odds still arent good enough for me to bet on him. Wlad is 1.5, Haye is 3.1
Enzo was getting the job done against other crusiers and Haye BLASTED him. Just like he DESTROYED Mormeck.
Hence Haye has gone up in people's esteem.
From 50-50 with the 10th best cruiserweight in the world?
To 50-50 with the #1 Heavyweight in the world?
That's incredibly terrible thinking, even by NSB standards.
The Haye vs. Maccarinelli fight was damn near even money last year. In fact I believe it opened as even and Haye ended as a slight favorite.
So if British fans didn't even clearly favor him to beat a bum like Enzo where the hell do they get off giving him more than a 1 in 50 shot against Klitschko?
Enzo has a better chin :lol1:
17y ago
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